I had this same incredibly crackpotty thought http://www.julianjaynes.org/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=927 …
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@sarahdoingthing not understanding how any of that is evidence of bicameralism1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing i rad about it on wikipedia1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@cwage You already know my take on Jaynes, I think1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@cwage a) Jaynes' theory isn't a theory of human consciousness (chronology wrong, mystically affects all societies at once)2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@cwage b) no evidence of it holding for any existing neolithic society (not counting the link above which I just saw)2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@sarahdoingthing @cwage c) what Jaynes describes is an option for human consciousness, but one practiced by specialists--shamans.
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@sarahdoingthing@cwage d) Jaynes' theory leans on literary examples, & is popular w/ literary types, because it describes stories.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@cwage Specifically what Jaynes seems to have actually discovered is a family of mnemonics used by oral storytellers.0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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